Victor Khojane, better known as Dr Victor or Dr Vic, is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n reggae

Reggae

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 and rhythm'n'blues

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 musician. Together with his band Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels, Dr Victor is extremely popular in South Africa and has also occasionally achieved popularity abroad.

Biography

Khojane began playing when he was a student, in a band called "CC Beat", mainly influenced by afropop

Afropop

Afropop or Afro-pop may refer to:*African popular music*Afropop Worldwide, a weekly radio program from Public Radio International...

 stars such as Blondie and Papa, Harare Mambo Band and Jonathan Butler

Jonathan Butler

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, as well as some afroamerican act (mainly the Jackson Five). In 1984 CC Beat began playing night clubs in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

; at the time, they managed to sign with label CCP Records (an affiliate of EMI

EMI

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), but the contract was later dismissed. Another label, Dephon Records, put them under contract shortly thereafter. CC Beat changed their name to "Taxi" and played as a support band for Lucky Dube

Lucky Dube

Lucky Philip Dube was a South African reggae musician. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans in a 25-year period and was South Africa's biggest selling reggae artist...

 and other.

In 1991 the band changed label again, signing for independent label CSR. They recorded their first album, an Eddy Grant

Eddy Grant

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 tribute

Tribute album

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 entitled The Rasta Rebels. This work was highly successful, to the point that they decided to change the name of the band to "Rasta Rebels". At about the same time, Khojane adopted the pseudonym "Dr Victor".

Dr Victor then recorded a few solo albums, such as Badayo, Hello Afrika

Hello Afrika

Hello Afrika is a 1990 album from Swedish-based Nigerian artist Dr. Alban. it was his debut album, and produced by Denniz Pop and released on the label SweMix Records.The album was also released in a 2nd edition in 1991, with a different track listing....

, and One Goal, One Wish. All these works were quite successful in South Africa, and Dr Victor was invited to open for international stars such as Paul Simon

Paul Simon

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, Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

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 and Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

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. In 1997 Dr Victor's album Faya was his first work to get international attention, selling well in France

France

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, Mexico

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, Japan

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 and the Middle East

Middle East

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.

when it got to the end of 1990s

1990s

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 Dr Victor has reunited the Rasta Rebels, and a collection The Best of the Rasta Rebels with one unreleased track, I Love to Truck, were published. Both the collection and the new song, published as a single, sold well. In the following years Dr Victor has alternated solo productions (such as Sunshine Daze in 2003 and If You Wanna Be Happy

If You Wanna Be Happy

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in 2004) and Rasta Rebels albums (e.g., When Somebody Loves You Back, 2006).

Partial discography

• The Rasta Rebels (1991)
• Badayo
• Hello Afrika
  Hello Afrika
  Hello Afrika is a 1990 album from Swedish-based Nigerian artist Dr. Alban. it was his debut album, and produced by Denniz Pop and released on the label SweMix Records.The album was also released in a 2nd edition in 1991, with a different track listing....
  
  
• Faya (1997)
• The Best of the Rasta Rebels (raccolta)
• Stress (2000)
• Sunshine Daze (2003)
• If You Wanna Be Happy
  If You Wanna Be Happy
  "If You Wanna Be Happy" is a song recorded by Jimmy Soul, written by Frank Guida. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 18, 1963, as well as the R&B singles chart. The song is based on the calypso "Ugly Woman" by Roaring Lion. It was issued on Guida's S.P.Q.R. label and distributed by...
  
  (2004)
• When Somebody Loves You Back Electromode 2006